Storm History: Barbour County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Barbour County, West Virginia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 456
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $7.4 million
- Episodes
- 365
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 78 | 0 | 6 | $2.5 million |
| Heavy Snow | 69 | 0 | 0 | $148,000 |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | 2 | $3.2 million |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 1 | $120,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $234,000 |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $272,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $68,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | $48,000 |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 2 | 0 | $750,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, April 23, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 16, 1996
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 31, 1996
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2006
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flood, March 11, 2015
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Hail, May 13, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Strong Wind, November 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Hail, October 21, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2025
- Flood, February 1, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, March 30, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flood, February 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2022
- Hail, September 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Heavy Rain, July 17, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 21, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Tornado, July 4, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Hail, August 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Flood, March 11, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, October 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Hail, March 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flood, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Strong Wind, September 28, 2006
- Hail, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2006
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2006
- Flood, November 29, 2005
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Hail, June 6, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Hail, May 7, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Hail, March 7, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flood, November 12, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2002
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Flood, March 20, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 2, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Barbour CountyEvery warning in Barbour County since 1986Every county in West Virginia
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.